Crum of the Bostons would make a fairly good substitute if the supply ran out. A number of essential workers can be dug up, including Miller, Dodgers; Butcher, Indianapolis; Fisher, Cards; Barber, Cubs, and Baker, Yankees.

And as for vital aids what could be more to be desired than Wood, Indians; Steel, Pirates, and Meadows, Cards?

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Most times with these exact box-score lines (ab/r/h/bi), regular season, 1908-present. Some trivia opportunities in bold:

4 1 3 2 : Ty Cobb, 15. At some point in the years that I've been compiling these records, BRef moved the start date for their data back from 1913 to 1908. I bet if I went back through to some of the earlier ones I did, Cobb would figure more prominently

4 1 3 3 : Three men did this nine times apiece. All were active in the 1920s and '30s (though a couple earlier too, and one later). Two are RHB AL Hall of Famers, the other an NL LHB of more modest abilities, better known as a manager. None were noted for foot speed

4 1 3 4: Two players did this five times each. Both were RHB home-run champions in the AL, both active in the 1970s though one played some earlier and the other later. Neither is a Hall of Famer; one is in the HOM and the other will settle for the HOVG

4 1 3 5 : Three times by Manny Ramirez

4 1 3 6 : 42 people have done this once. The most recent was Francisco Cervelli, earlier this year

I cheated, but the three guys who had nine 4133 games (Foxx and two other guys) all have last names that end with double consonants. Two guys had eight of those games, but missed the ninth because they messed up on the placement of their double letters- Torii Hunter and Orlando "Baby Bull" Cepeda.